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D. A. GABAY. FOLDING SPONGE BASKET.

Patented Dec. 21, 1886.

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U ITED STATES- PATENT ()FFICE.

DAVID A; GABAY, or NEWYORK, N. Y., AssIeNoR To MeKEssoN &

' ROBBINS, or SAME PLACE. I

FOLDING sPoNes-BAsKr-ir.

SPECI P ICATION o m g part of Letters Patent No. 354,697, dated December2i. 188 i Application filefl er 15. 1886. Serial No. 216,330. .(Nomodal.)

To. all whom it may concern:

Be-it known that I, DAVID A. GABA Y, of the city, county, and State ofNew York, have-invented a new and Improved Folding Sponge- Basket, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to baskets for holding sponge, and has for'it'sobject to provide a number of circularly-arranged compartments elevatedfrom the floor, adapted to revolve around a central fixed standard; andmy object is also to provide a sponge-basket in which the various partsconstituting the same are made detachable, whereby the entire structu remay be compactly folded for shipment.

The invention-consists in the construction ent rectangular panel orpartition, 10, a verti-f and combination of the several parts, as willbe hereinafter fully set. forth, and pointed outin the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in whichsimilar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures. Figure l is a perspective viewof the baske having most of the panel-work removed, and Fig. 2 is-amodified form of a panel. Fig. 3 illustrates the mode of folding theouter series of panels for shipment, and Fig. 4 a plan view of thepartitions folded around the central standard for the same purpose. Fig.5 illustrates the method of" folding the legs of the basket, also theattachment of the hinged cov- 4 ers and the bottom-sections.

Inthe construction of my sponge-basket a round vertical standard, 1, isprovided, having secured thereon, near its base, a plate, 2. At a properdistance below said plate 2 a nut, 3, is secured, and from-this point tothe base the standard 1 may be threaded.

Below the not 3 three or' more outwardlycurved rods, 4, are secured, toturn upon the central stand.ard,1, the one being arranged below theother in such a manner as to fold together in substantially the sameplane as shown in Fig. 5. The outer ends of the said curved rods 4 areusually bent around upon themselves, and then vertioally'downward to aconnection with suitable casters, 5. To prevent the curved rods4 fromslipping from the vertical standard 1, a second lower nut, 6, ,issecured thereon,and when the said curved rods are made to extend outwardin different directions, and are thus secured by the said lower nut, 6,theyeonstitute legs or supports for the entire basket.

Upon the vertical standard 1, thus supported, rectangular frames7,1preferably'six in number, of stout iron, brass, or copper wire,provided with upper'and lower eyes, 8, are alternately entered, so thatone eye of the first frame introduced will'bear upon the aforesaid plate2 and the other eye encircle the standard '1, near the upper portionthereof, the eyes of the remaining frames 7 being arranged inpro'perorder above the top and bottom eyes of the first frame in position. v v

To provide each frame 7 with an independ- .complish by hinging together,at their top and bottom ends, wire rods 12, having their ends'bent overat right angles thereto until aboutsixcontinuoussectionshavebeen formed.Eachsection is then formed into a panel, 13, by a cross-hatching oflight wire, 11, between the frames, as shown 'in Fig. 1, or theintroduction of a glass pane, 14,'through clamps 15 at top and bottom,as shown in- Fig. 2. The

panels 13 are now arranged around the central standard, 1, and thepartition-frames 7, the said partition-frames being made to radiate fromsaid standard and intersect the several angles of the hinged panels 13,which partition-frames 7 are secured in said angles bya lacing of wire,16, or other suitable means. The outerpanels are thereupon ordinarilyunited by clinching the top and bottom bars of the one over the verticalsides of the other.

A bottom, in two sections, 17 and 18, also cross-hatched with lightwire, is provided for the basket, the said sections being detachablyattached to opposite lower horizontal bars of the frame. A concave, 19,is formed in each sec- The 7 partitioned basket, preferably madepolygonal in shape, capable of displaying and holding a variety ofspongein a convenient" and compact manner, which, in shipping, admits ofket made up in a comparatively flat package, whereby a number packedtogether occupy but a limited space. This is done in substantially the'folllowing manner; One of the outer sections or panels is detached fromits fellowand the lacing binding the remainder "to' the partition-frames7 and bottom undone. I folded one upon the other, as shown in Fig.

3. The bottom and lids are now detached and plaeedwith the outer panels.Thehing'ed partitions are. then brought or, as shown in Fig. 4,"an'd,finally, the bottoin nut,6, is loosened upon the standard 1, thuspermitting' the legs 4'to foldin substantially. the same plane as inFig.5., This flat pareelis placed upon the other folded and detachedeach part being detached and the entire bas- The said outer panels arethereupon.

portions of the basket and the whole bound to ether. I

aving thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure 'by Letters Patent, ist w 1'. In a sponge-basket, thecombinatiou,with a central standard, 1, having legs 4'loosely hinged atone end, and means for tightening. said legs, of a series of partitions,10, hinged Y to said standard, adapted toradiate. therefrom, an outerseries of detachably-hinged panels, 13, the divided detachable hingedtop 20, and removable bottom-sections 17 and 18, substantially as shownand described, whereby the said basket is divided into a number of vertical compartments and made to revolve around the central standard, as setforth. 1

2. In asponge-basket, the'combinatiomwith 'a' central standard, '1,having legs 4. hinged thereto, adaptedto fold together'in the sameplane, and a series of partitions, 10, hin ed above said legs, adaptedto fold one t the other, of. an outer casing of hinged detachablefolding panels, '13, th'eremovable bottomseetions17 and 18, anddetachable hinged covera 20,- substantially as shown and described,whereby the entire basket cau'be knocked down and folded in a limitedspace, as set forth. v

' DAVIDJQQGABAY.

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